Total Crime Rate
55.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Woodville Drive area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 201st lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodville Drive (PO1 2TG) in the last 12 months was 55.8 per 1,000 residents and was 33.7% lower than the Eastney and Craneswater average (84.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 19.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodville Drive (PO1 2TG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nobbs Lane, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadow Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eastney and Craneswater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dartmouth Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dartmouth Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nickel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Landport Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lansdowne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfpenny Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cecil Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cecil Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Regent Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Pauls Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Regent Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Steel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pier Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Croxton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Duisburg Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Landport Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Landport Terrace | Under investigation |
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